Event Details
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Discover Pinellas! Viva Florida 500
Time: 8:00 am til 4:00 pm
Location: Heritage Village, 11909 125th St. N, Largo
Description: As part of this statewide commemoration, the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, Heritage Village and the Pinellas County Historical Society will host a family-friendly event on Sunday, May 19, from noon to 4 p.m. at Heritage Village.
The event coincides with a Speaking of History lecture on Spanish first contact and pre-Columbian settlements in Pinellas County. Jim Schnur and Elizabeth Southard will present the lecture Early Footprints in the Sand: Pre-Columbian Settlements along the Pinellas Peninsula and the Legacies of First Contact at 2 p.m. in the Pinellas Room.
During the lecture, visitors will learn about the Manasota, Weedon Island and Safety Harbor cultures that lived along Florida’s west coast before the arrival of the first Europeans and discover how the arrival of Spanish conquistadors such as Juan Ponce de León, who first visited and claimed La Florida as part of the Spanish realm 500 years ago, affected the pre-Columbian settlements.
As part of this program, participants will see an assortment of shell and stone tools, as well as pottery remnants, discovered along area shorelines.
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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
